How is dropping baggage check fees going to reduce the line wait?
Theoretically fewer carry-ons, less to scan.
Significant decrease in carry on luggage. I've see folks with several large roller bags, knowing that they can gate check them for free, vs. paying to check them at the counter. All have to be screened at the checkpoint to get to the gate. And the large bottles of shampoo and conditioner have to come out. And if those passengers have a fairly early boarding group, the gate crew may not even monitor the number of bags, and just force gate check for the remaining passengers when the bins get full, even if the folks in the cheap seats have followed the rules.
Then, of course, there are the gate folks who don't even monitor size, and let the boarding process stall as someone tries to stuff an oversized bag sideways into one of the bins.
How is dropping baggage check fees going to reduce the line wait?”
The lib logic is that people do more carry-ons so they won’t have to pay for checked bags. Get rid of fees for checked bags and there will be fewer bags for TSA agents to check at the gate and the people can be screened and on their way quicker.
Government totally ignores the fact that if you check your bag the chances of it arriving on the same flight as the passenger slim to none. Even when it does arrive on the same flight, the chances of everything you packed inside your bag arriving at the destination are also reduced because of theft problems.
Government has yet to come up with any changes to their program that they would institute to improve the situation - like getting out of the business and letting airlines handle their own security.